3687 Dzus
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 7 October 1908 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3687 Dzus |
Named after | Paul K. Dzus |
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A908 TC; 1952 HM3 1970 GD2; 1980 TO8 1980 TX; 1984 NC | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 106.85 yr (39,026 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2722 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1817 AU |
| 2.7269 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1999 |
| 4.50 yr (1644.8 days) | |
| 269.16° | |
| Inclination | 15.797° |
| 224.89° | |
| 113.88° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.2284 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 28.61 km |
| 7.44 h | |
| 0.0542 | |
| Ch (SMASSII) | |
| 11.4 mag | |
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3687 Dzus (A908 TC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1908 by Kopff, A. at Heidelberg Observatory. Observations made in 2002 at the Santana Observatory in Rancho Cucamonga, California showed a rotation period of 7.44 ± 0.01 hours. During each rotation, the brightness of 3687 Dzus varied by 0.25 ± 0.04 in magnitude.[2]
It was named by Brian Geoffrey Marsden, long-time director of the Minor Planet Center, in honor of Paul K. Dzus in appreciation of his helpful assistance since October 1987, much of the time as a volunteer.[3]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3687 Dzus (A908 TC)" (2015-08-13 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ Stephens, R. D. (December 2002), "Photometry of 769 Tatjana, 818 Kapteyna, 1922 Zulu, and 3687 Dzus", The Minor Planet Bulletin 29: 72, Bibcode:2002MPBu...29...72S, retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ↑ "Dictionary of Minor Planet – (3687) Dzus". Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2007. p. 310. Retrieved October 2015.
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